Sydney, Mar 16 : Australia's opponents have been warned of an impending bouncer barrage from rising speedster Pat Cummins as the paceman has claimed that he would be at his menacing best during the knockout stages in the ongoing World Cup.

Describing the Adelaide wicket as one of the quickest, Cummins believes that it would favour them as a few of the senior Australian bowlers are trying to bowl quicker.

Ahead of their quarterfinal tie against Pakistan in Adelaide, Cummins said that the bouncer is really important, especially when all their games are in Australia.

Sydney, Mar 15 : Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has backed rising speedster Pat Cummins, saying that the latter is only going to get better with age and will be in his prime form during the World Cup quarterfinal in Adelaide.

Speed merchant Cummins conceded 17 runs in his first two overs before returning to bowl in the 17th over and eventually scalped three wickets for just two runs from his next 2.1 overs during their last Pool A game against Scotland.

Sydney, Mar 03 - Australia's rising speedster Pat Cummins is reportedly set to miss the squad's World Cup tie against Afghanistan on Wednesday and Indian origin Gurindher Sandhu would loom as the man most likely for a shock call-up in the tournament should the injury-prone paceman's rib problem fails to improve this week.

Sydney, Feb 27 - Australian rising speedster Pat Cummins may get a green signal from selectors to unleash his menacing pace, edging out teammate Josh Hazlewood in the playing XI during their upcoming high-octane World Cup tie against New Zealand on Saturday in Auckland .

Following Hazlewood's under-performance in the tournament opener against England, it is believed that selectors might give Cummins a chance to join forces with their much-vaunted pace attack in their crucial Pool A clash.